Wauwatosa students take next steps to ‘irreplaceable’ construction jobs
More than 40 high school students signed their employment contracts, got their safety yellow cords and even received recognition from Congress at a signing day event in the Milwaukee area.
ON THE LEVEL: For Cannizzaro, board position at ABC national a new challenge
Jessie Cannizzaro previously served as chair the board of directors at the Associated Builders and Contractors of Wisconsin, but now she’s taking the national stage after being elected Midwest region vice chair of the ABC National Board of Directors.
Mastering apprenticeships: Preparing skilled workers
Wisconsin's registered and youth apprenticeships reached record levels in 2024 and 2025, expanding career pathways in construction and more.
State, mechanical contractors celebrate youth apprenticeship signing in Milwaukee
Students entering their youth apprenticeships got a talk from the state's workforce secretary and former apprentices.
350 apprentices to celebrate graduation at ABC of Wisconsin banquet
The Associated Builders and Contractors of Wisconsin on Friday will celebrate the graduation of 350 apprentices with a banquet in Wisconsin Dells.
Evers administration proposes mandatory apprentice rule for public projects
Under a proposed rule, a contractor working on a public project worth more than $25 million must have 10% of its workforce made up of active apprentices.
PHOTOS: Building Advantage career fair hosts around 900 students
With Gov. Tony Evers and Milwaukee Mayor Cavalier Johnson in attendance, the Building Advantage career fair introduced high school students to trades careers.
Career fair kicks of National Apprenticeship Week in Wisconsin
In Milwaukee, hundreds of high school students on Wednesday gathered for Building Advantage's 2025 Construction Career Fair at American Family Field to learn more about the trades.
Employ Milwaukee youth construction program gets $1.5M boost
The Department of Labor awarded the money to a Milwaukee program that aims to prepare young adults for careers in the construction industry.
ABC of Wisconsin breaks apprenticeship record
The association celebrated 2,475 apprentices, including 600 first-year apprentices, enrolling in its statewide program.
DOL awards $1 million to expand Wisconsin apprenticeships
The state's workforce agency will use the funding for activities such as spreading awareness of apprenticeships and reaching prospective employers in emerging sectors.
Adams welcomes more than a dozen new electrical apprentices
"It’s really our local schools and educators who are helping this drive to get their interest," said the recruitment manager.
Today’s News
- Milwaukee County investment helped bring Whitefish Bay development to life
- Milwaukee considers 12-story, 200-unit Harbor District apartment plans
- Wauwatosa students take next steps to ‘irreplaceable’ construction jobs
- Racine starts $130 million lead service line replacement project
- Federal court shelves lawsuit seeking to dismantle DBE program
- Oshkosh to buy City Center for $12.5 million
- Warehouse hoped to be hotel suffers fire in Milwaukee
- TOP BIDDERS: The biggest recent winning bids from around Wisconsin
- Cree Lighting lays off 28 more workers as plant closes
- Unemployment remains at all-time lows as Wisconsin job market cools
- Feds award $8M grant to Milwaukee airport concourse redevelopment
- Truck driver moves barrier, runs into wet concrete in Milwaukee County interchange
Project Profiles
- First prefabricated bridge in US installed in Eau Claire County
- Illinois developer worked with Wisconsin contractor to build 258-unit Wauwatosa apartment complex
- VJS Construction raises the roof for Bruce Guadalupe Community School expansion project
- Microgrid pilot project will store energy for village affected by outages
- Dane County sees uptick in highway work zone crashes, on track to exceed last year
- The Hop streetcar will debut newest service route in fall with limited service
- FPC Live slims venue proposal to 1 downtown building
- Children’s Hospital urgent care center in Milwaukee gets first round of city approval
- With Sonag Construction shut down, feds move to block indicted owner from collecting leftover assets
- Four contractors selected to build border wall prototypes
- UW-Milwaukee’s Greenstreet shaping minds (and the city)
- Turning the Corner(s) (PHOTO SLIDESHOW)



















